Pakistani security forces allegedly killed one civilian and forcibly disappeared an 18-year-old student in separate incidents in Balochistan on 14 May 2025, according to Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement. The disclosures add to a mounting record of alleged extrajudicial violence in the province that rights groups say is worsening.

Body Found in Kech District

The bullet-riddled body of Jan Muhammad was recovered from the Banok-e-Chadai area of Kech district on Wednesday, nearly four months after he was first reported missing. According to Paank, Jan Muhammad was forcibly disappeared from his home in the Tump region of Kech on 24 January, allegedly by a Pakistan-backed armed group the organisation describes as a 'death squad.'

His body, bearing visible gunshot wounds, was found dumped — a pattern rights monitors say has become disturbingly routine in Balochistan, where victims of enforced disappearance are often later found killed.

Student Taken from Washuk Home

In a separate incident on the same day, Paank reported that Shahab Baloch, an 18-year-old student, was forcibly taken from his home in Washuk district by personnel of Pakistan's Frontier Corps. His whereabouts remain unknown, according to the rights body.

Enforced disappearances involving young students and activists have drawn particular scrutiny from international human rights observers, who note that victims frequently have no criminal record and are targeted for perceived political affiliations.

Mahrang Baloch Speaks from Detention

On Wednesday, Mahrang Baloch — human rights activist and chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee — issued a statement from Central Jail Huda in Quetta, where she has been incarcerated since March 2025. Human rights defenders allege her detention is based on 'false and politically motivated charges,' a claim Pakistani authorities have not publicly addressed.

In a post on social media platform X, Mahrang said: 'The space for peaceful political expression and human rights advocacy is shrinking day by day, while those demanding justice are continuously being silenced through intimidation and fear.'

She described a new pattern of harassment targeting the families of Baloch Yakjehti Committee members, the disappearance of peaceful activists, and what she called killings 'in broad daylight' — all of which, she argued, expose a deteriorating human rights environment.

'Peaceful activism is being criminalised, while those responsible continue to operate without accountability. The state itself is creating narratives to suppress dissent and silence every voice demanding justice,' Mahrang stated.

Reaffirming her organisation's position, she stressed: 'We want to make it absolutely clear: Baloch Yakjehti Committee was peaceful, Baloch Yakjehti Committee is peaceful, and Baloch Yakjehti Committee will continue to peacefully raise its voice against oppression, enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan.'

Calls for International Accountability

Mahrang called on all human rights organisations and international institutions to take 'serious note' of the ongoing situation in Balochistan and hold Pakistan accountable for what she described as the continued targeting of peaceful activists. Her appeal echoes earlier calls by groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which have repeatedly flagged Balochistan as a zone of chronic impunity.

Paank's latest disclosures come amid what rights monitors describe as a sustained campaign of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the province — a crisis that Pakistani authorities have consistently denied or attributed to militant activity. As international pressure mounts, the fate of Shahab Baloch and the accountability for Jan Muhammad's killing remain unresolved.